The geography of Industry 4.0 technologies across European regions

Autor:	Carlo Corradini, Erica Santini, Claudia Vecciolini
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Core (optical fiber) Geography Industry 4.0 Absorptive capacity 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography General Social Sciences 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Economic geography 050703 geography General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Regional Studies. 55:1667-1680
ISSN:	1360-0591 0034-3404
DOI:	10.1080/00343404.2021.1884216
Popis:	This paper investigates the spatial distribution of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) considering both region- and technology-specific factors. Focusing on patent data for four technologies at the core of I4.0 between 2000 and 2014, we provide evidence of their uneven distribution across NUTS-2 European regions. Our analysis confirms the role of regional absorptive capacity, cognitive and spatial proximity as drivers of I4.0 knowledge flows, but also indicates important variations among these technologies. Cumulated technological capabilities and spatial proximity exert a stronger effect on the diffusion of robots and 3D printing, whereas big data and the Internet of Things tend to be more spatially distributed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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